Lower Silesian Voivodship

The Lower Silesian Voivodship (in Polish województwo dolnośląskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in south-western Poland. Polish regions are officially referred to by an adjective. The noun is Dolny Śląsk, which is Polish for "Lower Silesia".

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wroclaw, Legnica, Walbrzych and Jelenia Gora voivodships as a result of Local Government Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk).

Population: 2.987 million

Area: 19,946 km².

The capital and biggest city : Wroclaw

Major cities and towns: (population in 1995):

Wroclaw (642,700);
Walbrzych (139,600);
Legnica (108,000);
Jelenia Gora (93,500);
Lubin (83,500);
Glogow (74,200);
Swidnica (64,800);
Boleslawiec (44,400);
Olesnica (38,900);
Dzierzoniow (38,300);
Bielawa (34,600);
Zgorzelec (36,800);
Olawa (31,800).
Klodzko (30,900);
Nowa Ruda (27,200);
Jawor (25,600);
Swiebodzice (24,700);
Luban (24,400);
Kamienna Gora (23,600);
Polkowice (21,600);

Other cities: Chojnow, Zlotoryja

Administrative division

County name County site Number of communes County area
(in sq. km) Population
Jelenia Gora City County Jelenia Gora

Legnica City County Legnica 1

Walbrzych City County Walbrzych 1

Wroclaw City County Wroclaw 1
Boleslawiec County Boleslawiec

Dzierzoniow County Dzierzoniow

Glogow County Glogow

Gora County Gora

Jawor County Jawor

Jelenia Gora County Jelenia Gora

Kamienna Gora County Kamienna Gora

Klodzko County Klodzko

Legnica County Legnica

Luban County Luban

Lubin County Lubin

Lwowek Slaski County Lwowek Slaski

Milicz County Milicz

Olesnica County Olesnica

Olawa County Olawa

Polkowice County Polkowice

Strzelin County Strzelin

Sroda Slaska County Sroda Slaska

Swidnica County Swidnica

Trzebnica County Trzebnica

Walbrzych County Walbrzych

Wolow County Wolow

Wroclaw County Wroclaw 9 1116.2 92,900

Zabkowice Slaskie County Zabkowice Slaskie 7 801.8 73,600

Zgorzelec County Zgorzelec 7 838.1 101,300

Zlotoryja County Zlotoryja 6 575.5 47,800

History: Silesia (Prussian Province) from 1870 to 1945. See also: Silesia (historical region it forms part of)

Tourism: Most tourists visit the famous ski resorts in Karkonosze mountains with its centres Szklarska Poręba and Karpacz. The cities of Wroclaw, Jelenia Gora and Legnica also are famous for visitors.